20 MAY 2021 The Japanese government will prove more than $3 billion in funding for a long-term research project designed to build a large-scale hydrogen supply chain and demonstration of hydrogen power generation technology. The wide-reaching effort will focus on the technologies required for the transportation of hydrogen as well …
Read More »CYCLONE TAUKTAE: 74 SEAFARERS MISSING, MULTIPLE SAR OPS UNDER WAY
19 MAY 2021 The Indian Coast Guard has been engaged in a series of back-to-back emergency response efforts after Cyclone Tauktae cast four oil and gas vessels adrift off the coast of Mumbai, sent a tug aground off Karnataka and left multiple vessels in distress off Maharashtra and Gujarat. The Indian …
Read More »LESSONS FROM THE SHIP THAT NEARLY DESTROYED 12 PERCENT OF WORLD TRADE
20 MAY 2021 The grounding of MV Ever Given from March 23 to March 29, 2021 captured the world’s attention. Many people asked, how could such a modern and large vessel find itself with its bow rammed into Asia, its stern aground on Africa, and its midship astride one of the major …
Read More »HOW DOES CAFFEINE WAKE YOU UP?
19 MAY 2021 Caffeine is a bitter-tasting chemical related to the nucleic acid bases adenine and guanine. Produced by a range of plants to deter herbivorous animals from consuming their leaves or seeds, the compound is somewhat ironically prized by us humans for its flavor, not to mention its effect as …
Read More »MEXICO CITY IS SINKING AT AN ALARMING AND LARGELY UNSTOPPABLE RATE, NEW DATA FINDS
18 MAY 2021 Mexico City, the most populous metropolis in North America, has sunk too low for us to save it, according to new research. After centuries of water drainage from underground aquifers, the lake bed on which this city sits has grown increasingly dry, causing the clay sheets to …
Read More »IQ TEST SCORES ARE GETTING HIGHER, BUT ARE HUMANS ACTUALLY GETTING SMARTER?
17 MAY 2021 From the algorithms that make our social media accounts function to the sleep-tracking technology in our smartwatches, the world has never seemed so technologically advanced and developed. Which is why it would be easy to assume that with each generation, humans are getting smarter. But is this the …
Read More »DEVELOPING A TECHNOLOGY TO PRODUCE HYDROGEN FROM SEAWATER OR BRINE
16 MAY 2021 An early-stage technology startup company is developing a new process for the production of hydrogen from seawater or brine without the need for desalination. The Baltimore, Maryland-based company, sHYp B.V., is on track for a first commercial pilot before the end of 2021 of the technology that …
Read More »EGYPT OFFERS TO CUT EVER GIVEN COMPENSATION CLAIM TO $600 MILLION
10 MAY 2021 Egypt offered to reduce claims by a third for compensation from owners of the container ship that blocked the Suez Canal in March, Suez Canal Authority Chairman Osama Rabie told MBC Masr channel television channel. The canal authority said it would reduce the claims for compensation to …
Read More »EXPERIMENTAL BOOSTER PROTECTS AGAINST NEW CORONAVIRUS VARIANTS, EARLY TRIAL SUGGESTS
7 MAY 2021 A new COVID-19 booster being created by Moderna could protect against the variants of SARS-CoV-2 first found in Brazil and South Africa, according to the first results from a small clinical trial. The US biotech firm started developing variant-specific boosters earlier this year after evidence that several coronavirus variants can ‘break through‘ current vaccines. This is their first clinical trial in …
Read More »YOUNG ADULTS WHO’VE HAD COVID-19 SHOW SIGNS OF LASTING CARDIOVASCULAR DAMAGE
10 MAY 2021 Just because you’re young and healthy, doesn’t mean the coronavirus won’t affect you. Young adults who show only minor symptoms of COVID-19 may still suffer lingering changes to their blood vessels, according to a small new study. While the SARS-CoV-2 primarily impacts the lungs and is particularly dangerous for older people, growing research suggests it …
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